Gina Carano's doctor has cleared her to resume training, and if all goes well, she'll be back in the cage before the end of the year.
As with any Carano update, that's far from a promise, but it's the plan for now, manager Scott Karp today told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com).
If nothing else, it appears the medical issue that precluded her from fighting this past June at "Strikeforce: Overeem vs. Werdum" won't keep her from mixing it up in the gym.
"She's feeling good," Karp said. "She's ready to get back in there and train."
Carano (7-1 MMA, 0-1 SF) made an appearance this past month at Comic-Con – a yearly fan convention on comic books, video games and movies – to promote the upcoming action-thriller "Haywire."
The fighter filmed the movie, which is directed by Academy Award-winning director Steven Soderbergh, this past fall alongside actors Channing Tatum, Ewan McGregor, Michael Douglas and Antonio Banderas. Carano has a starring role in the flick.
Carano, 29, has not fought since August 2009, when she took the first loss of her professional career in a bout against Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos for the then-vacant Strikeforce women's featherweight title. The fight, which headlined "Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg," peaked with 856,000 viewers on Showtime while the event averaged 576,000. Both were Strikeforce-Showtime records at the time.
Source: Strikeforce's Gina Carano cleared for training, manager hopes for 2011 return
